Oral Evidence Mar. 20 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: BBC, BBC, and BBC Oral Evidence
Jul. 24 2024
Source Page: BBC Group annual report and accounts for 2023 to 2024Found: BBC Group annual report and accounts for 2023 to 2024
Jun. 18 2024
Source Page: Company Names Tribunal decision: BBC A24 LtdFound: Company Names Tribunal decision: BBC A24 Ltd
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC Board on the potential impact of changes to programming resulting from reductions in funding on Britain’s soft power.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Secretary of State regularly engages with the BBC Chair on a range of issues, including the BBC World Service.
The BBC’s public service output is primarily funded through the licence fee. The World Service is also supported by a grant-in-aid from the government. Government funding for the World Service in FY 25-26 will be determined as part of the upcoming Spending Review.
In a time where the world faces huge challenges, the government is fully committed to a successful BBC World Service that continues to provide essential, impartial and accurate news coverage and programming reaching millions of people across the globe. The Government strongly values the BBC World Service as a UK soft power asset.
Oral Evidence Mar. 05 2024
Inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust and technologyFound: BBC, BBC, and BBC Oral Evidence
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the BBC board on their work to maintain professional standards within the BBC.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The BBC is operationally and editorially independent, but the Secretary of State has sought assurance that the BBC has robust processes in place regarding non-editorial complaints so that it acts at pace and is transparent with the public at the earliest opportunity to ensure trust is maintained.
Jul. 24 2024
Source Page: BBC Television Licence Fee Trust statement for the year ending 31 March 2024Found: BBC Television Licence Fee Trust statement for the year ending 31 March 2024
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to prepare the BBC for its charter review.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The next Charter Review has to ensure the BBC doesn’t just survive but thrives for decades to come.
My Department is in the early stages of preparation for the upcoming Charter Review, which we expect to launch in 2025. My Department is already in discussions with the BBC about Charter Review.
Mentions:
1: William Cash (Con - Stone) It is also understood that many former BBC employees with BBC sympathies remain in Ofcom and are involved - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) signs are there for the BBC too. - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) It proves that you can take the BBC out of London, but you cannot take London out of the BBC. - Speech Link
4: Thangam Debbonaire (Lab - Bristol West) We have the BBC website. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The BBC is operationally independent and responsible for setting budgets. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) I agree with the noble Lord on the value not just of the BBC World Service but of the role that the BBC - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Of those, the BBC World Service provides exceptional news information. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) As I said, the review of the whole BBC funding envelope will look at every element of BBC funding but - Speech Link
5: Viscount Colville of Culross (XB - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I declare an interest as a former BBC producer. - Speech Link